The Macintosh laryngoscope blade — designed by Scottish anaesthetist Robert Reynolds Macintosh in 1943 at Oxford — is the most widely used laryngoscope blade worldwide. The curved profile fits the tongue’s anatomy: the blade tip sits in the vallecula (the space between tongue base and epiglottis), and lifting the handle indirectly raises the epiglottis to expose the glottis. This indirect technique reduces the risk of damaging the epiglottis compared with the older Miller (straight) blade approach. Macintosh blades are manufactured in sizes 0 (neonatal) through 4 (large adult); sizes 3 and 4 cover most adult intubations. Modern fiber-optic Macintoshes have largely replaced bulb variants in operating theatres.
The Macintosh Lama per fibra ottica 110mm (Ref DI 01-145-01) is part of the Fizza Surgical instrument catalogue, manufactured under ISO 13485:2016.
| Reference / SKU | DI 01-145-01 |
| Pattern | Macintosh |
| Working length | 110 mm (11 cm) |
| Material | AISI 303 / AISI 304 stainless steel (AISI 316 on fiber-optic variants) |
| Sterilization | Steam autoclave to 134 °C · EtO compatible |
| Quality system | ISO 13485:2016 · CE-marked (EU MDR 2017/745) · FDA-registered |
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Sialkot has been the world’s primary cluster for surgical-instrument manufacturing since the late nineteenth century, when local steel workshops began supplying instruments to British military and civilian hospitals. Fizza Surgical’s facility continues that tradition, combining workshop craftsmanship with the metallurgy and quality systems modern medical regulation requires. Fizza products are exhibited at international medical-device trade fairs in Europe, the Middle East, and North America.


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